; On August 8, 1925-40000 Ku Klan members held a * * * in the United States; 1August 8, 940-Four famous French figures were arrested by Vichy * * *1August 8, 944-Japanese troops captured Hengyang, where they burned, killed and plundered.
1August 8, 945-World War II: The Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
; 1August 8, 945-The United States signed the United Nations and became the first member of the United Nations.
; 1August 8, 946-* * Land reform policy gave way to rich peasants; On August 8th,1949-Xinhua News Agency broadcast the article Farewell to Si Tuleideng.
; 1August 8, 952-China implements regional ethnic autonomy.
1August 8, 988-The United Nations declared the end of the Iran-Iraq war.
; 1August 8, 990-China and Indonesia resume diplomatic relations.
; 1991August 8-American hostage john mccarthy was released; 1August 8, 994-the maintenance project of Potala Palace was completed; 1August 8, 995-Beijing-Tianjin-Tangshan Expressway was completed and opened to traffic.
August 8, 2000-Wang Yingfan, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity on behalf of China at the United Nations Headquarters in new york.
; 200 1- The preparatory office of the 29th Olympic Games Organizing Committee was established in Beijing.